Levon Aronian, Veselin Topalov and Teimour Radjabov tied for first in Corus Wijk Aan Zee (January 12-28).They share a top prize of 20,500 Euros, not to mention significant appearance fees, the exact values of which are secret. The three super-GMs had very different roads to victory.

24-year-old Aronian was the hero of the final round, out-calculating Dutch Champ Sergei Tiviakov in a wild game to join the winners circle with 8.5.

Topalov ponders whether he should push with the Black pieces. Photo Macauley Peterson.

Fans hoped for a slugfest today between Topalov and Radjabov today, but it was not meant to be.

Kramnik defeated Van Wely to finish with 8 points, just a half a point out of first.

Magnus Carlsen and Alexei Shirov shared the basement with 4.5 points each. Moments after Shirov drew with Carlsen, he said, "For my generation it's absolutely impossible nowadays to use any kind of experience...it's youngsters who have to teach us chess, not the other way around." But who will have the final say between 31-year-old Topalov, 24-year-old Aronian and 19-year-old Radjabov? For that, we'll have to wait for the eight player round robin in Linares/Morelia (February 16-March 11), in which all three will play.